The Hungarian-born Indian artist Amrita Sher-Gil, exhibited 33 of her paintings at her One-man Show in the ballroom at Faletti's Hotel in Lahore, British India, held from 21 to 27 November 1937. It was opened by Punjab's finance minister, Mr Manoharlal, and other attendees included Sir Herbert William Emerson, Badruddin Tyabji, Diwan Chaman Lall, Justice Bakshi Tek Chand, Lahore Museum's curator K. N. Sitaram, Kanwar Dalip Singh of Kapurthala, Bhim Sain Sacchas, and Civil and Military Gazette's art critic Charles Fabri. Exhibits included Young Man with Apples (1932), Sleep (1933), Professional Model (1933), The Little Girl in Blue (1934), Three Girls (1935), Bride's Toilet (1937), and The Story Teller (1937).[1][2][3][4][5] The film Jeevan Prabhat was released on the same day as the opening of the exhibition.[6] Four paintings were sold in total; The Little Girl in Blue, The Story Teller, Pink Self-portrait, and the Vina Player.[7]

List of paintings displayed at Lahore 1937

This is a list of the 33 paintings exhibited at Lahore in 1937 as catalogued in the programme:[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Sundaram, pp. 418-424
  2. ↑ Dalmia, 98-99
  3. ↑ Ananth, p. 24
  4. ↑ Singh, N Iqbal (1975). "Amrita Sher-Gil". India International Centre Quarterly. 2 (3): 209–217. ISSN 0376-9771. JSTOR 23001838.
  5. ↑ "Well known artist dies in Lahore". Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore). 7 December 1941. p. 4.
  6. ↑ Sundaram, pp. 426-429
  7. ↑ Sundaram, pp. 430-431

Bibliography

  • Ananth, Deepak (2007). Amrita Sher-Gil: An Indian Artist Family of the Twentieth Century. Schirmer/Mosel. ISBN 978-3-8295-0270-2.
  • Dalmia, Yashodhara (2013). Amrita Sher-Gil: A Life. Gurugram: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-342026-2.
  • Sundaram, Vivan (2010). Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-Portrait in Letters and Writings. Vol. 1. New Delhi: Tulika Books. pp. 1–417. ISBN 978-81-89487-59-1.
  • Sundaram, Vivan (2010). Amrita Sher-Gil: A Self-Portrait in Letters and Writings. Vol. 2. New Delhi: Tulika Books. pp. 418–821. ISBN 978-81-89487-59-1.


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